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PICS | One dead, three seriously injured as building wall collapses in KZN

One person was killed when a building wall collapsed in the Inanda area, north of Durban, on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedic services say.

IPSS spokesperson Paul Herbst said three other people had been critically injured at the construction site when a retaining wall collapsed.

"A structural collapse has taken place. The building has been under construction at the moment and one of the retaining walls has collapsed. Currently we have one deceased and three patients that have sustained critical injuries."

READ | Durban man killed after wall he was working on collapsed

A police search and rescue unit and the fire department were also on scene, he said.

One person has died after a retaining wall collaps

One person has died after a retaining wall collaps

One person has died after a retaining wall collaps

The building was under construction when the wall collapsed (Supplied: Paul Herbst, IPSS)

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